Could Aston Villa’s comeback to beat Sheffield Wednesday be defining if they are promoted from the Championship this season?
Aston Villa kept up the pace on Wolverhampton Wanderers and Cardiff City in the automatic promotion spots in the Championship by coming from 2-1 down to beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-2.
The Owls lead at half-time at Hillsborough, but second half goals from Glenn Whelan, Conor Hourihane and Robert Snodgrass secured all three points for the visitors.
Having lost to Fulham and then drawn at home to Preston North End in their previous two outings following seven successive victories, getting back to winning ways at the weekend was important for Steve Bruce’s men.
Yet having failed to make any sort of promotion push in 2016/17 after coming down from the Premier League, eventually finishing 13th in the second tier of English football, did that result at Wednesday really prove Villa’s credentials for going up this time around?
With 12 matches to go the Birmingham side are just four points off second-placed Cardiff and are hitting good form at just the right time.
Bruce is finally delivering the sort of success at Villa Park that was expected, but did not arrive, last term and maybe those three points achieved at the weekend could be defining if they do reach the top two.
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